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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMZI CLARK, OF MENDON, MICHIGAN.

BOLT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,016, dated February22, 1887.

(No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, Anzi CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residingat Meudon, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michigan,haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Tire-Bolt Holders, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in tire-bolt holders; and itconsists in the pecu` liar construction and combination of parts, thatwill be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myinvention in operation. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same with one ofthe plates removed to show the subjacent mechanism. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view taken on the line x x of Fig. 2.

A B represent opposing plates, which form the body of the bolt-holder,which plates are secured together at their four corners by screws C. Theplate B has at its front end a stud, D, arranged in the center of theplate and in line with the stud D, and at a suitable distance therefromis a similar stud, E.

F represents a punch having an enlarged head, G, the face of which isroughened, as shown. The reduced shank of this punch passes throughaligned openings in the studs D and E, and a coiled eXtensile spring, I,is placed on that portion of the shank between the said studs. One endof this spring bears against the stud G and the other end thereof isconined by a transverse pin, K, that is driven through the shank of thepunch.

L represents handles or levers, that are fulcrumed on the screws at therear corners of the plates and have inwardlyprojecting arms L', bent ata suitable angle from the levers, which arms overlap each other and bearagainst the rear or inner end of the shank of the punch. Cn the samescrews to which the levers L are fulcrurned are pivoted dogs M, to therearwardly-extending ends of which are secured flat curved springsN,that bearagainst the inner sides of the outer ends of the levers L. Theeyes of said levers are countersunk, as at L2, to receive projectingbosses M', with which the eyes of the spring-actuated dogs are provided.

C represents levers that are fulcrumed on the screws at the frontcorners of the plates and have forwardly and rearwardly extending arms Oand O2,.respectively. At the outer ends of the arms O' are formedinwardly-eX- tending hooks O3, which are adapted to catch against theinner opposite sides of the tire of the wheel, as shown in Fig. 1. Flatsprings P bear against the rear ends of the arms C, so as to keep thehooked ends of the arms O' normally distended.

A person using this bolt-holder grasps the handles or levers L thereof,and by compressing them causing the arms L' to force the punchoutwardly, and the spring actuated dogs, which bear against the innersides of the eX- tended arms of the hoolclevers, force the hooks towardeach other, causing them to grasp firmly between the inner sides of thetire and the outer side of the rim of the wheel. The punch bears againstthe outer end of the tirebolt firmly and holds it so securely that thenut on the inner end of said bolt may be removed without turningthebolt.

This tool in its operation does not abrade or scratch the paint from thewheel, is cheap and simple, and effects a great economy in time andlabor.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. The combination of thefulcrumed levers L, having the arms L', the movable punch bearingagainst the arms L', the spring-actu; ated dogs, and the fulcrumed hook-levers against which the Said dogs bear, for the purpose set forth,substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a tire-bolt holder, of the fulcrumed levers L,having the arms L', the spring-actuated punch bearing against the endsof arms L', the fnlcrumed hook-levers, the springactuated dogs bearingagainst the inner extended arms thereof, and the springs l?, to keep-the hooked ends of the levers normally distended, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMZI CLARK.

Vitnesses:

R. E. FLETCHER, .Tor-nv C. ZINEMAETEE.

